Auto Italia at Gaydon – September 2011
The Auto Italia event at Gaydon in September tends to indicate that the summer season of events is drawing to a close, and although there was quite a ...
Chelsea Autolegends – September 2011
The inaugural Chelsea AutoLegends event took place in 2010, and it was such a success, that even before the gates had closed, it was announced that it...
Midlands Italian Car (MITCAR) – August 2011
I confess that I'd never heard of MITCAR, so was quite surprised to discover that the event has been run every year since 2001, and that each event ca...
Bristol Summer Classics – August 2011
This is a new event for 2011, and as such it was hard to know what to expect. I first picked up a leaflet earlier in the year and noted that it was to...
2011 Audi A5 Coupe 2.0 TDi 170 Sport (GB)
Wednesday 8th March 1980. I remember it well. Wednesday was always my favourite day of the week, as it was the day that Autocar was published, and all...
Ace Cafe Italian Night – August 2011
With the apparent cessation of the civil unrest that hit the headlines earlier in the week, and the afternoon's torrential rain replaced by a gloriou...
VSCC at Prescott – August 2011
For the lover of vintage and veteran cars, there can be little more enticing than one of the many events organised by the VSCC. And of those events, t...
2011 Nissan Qashqai +2 2.0i Acenta (CH)
Despite seemingly endless new automotive market niches being identified and product to occupy them being developed, sold and bought these da...
2011 Skoda Octavia 1.6 TDi 105 CR Elegance (GB)
A couple of years ago Dutch Mr Hertz provided a diesel engined Skoda Octavia for me to spend a week enjoying some spring weather in exploring the Low ...
Silverstone Classic – July 2011
I first sampled the Silverstone Classic event in 2007, and was utterly overwhelmed by the vast amount to see. Not only is this one of the largest even...